Abhijit Banerjee Quotes

I said I would be part of the solution in Jefferson City, not part of the problem. And I said I'd take on the culture of corruption.

We will meet our challenges head on and we will do it by rejecting the politics of mediocrity and corruption. You voted for change; I intend to deliver it. ... I will govern as a reformer.

I was put into office by the people who believed in my idea that corruption is the root of poverty; that an end to corruption would mean an end to poverty.

I've always seen my campaigns against corruption as political work of a purer form than what opposition leaders usually do. All they do is hold roundtables and release political statements, which is all well and good. But there are concrete things that need to get done in order to achieve the basic goal of every opposition politician.

I think the record shows that as Speaker, I have taken the lead in cleaning up politics.

I have never intimidated the masses... I only intimidate corrupt officials.

There is no compromise when it comes to corruption. You have to fight it.

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.

Changing social policy is just dogged hard work.

I want either less corruption, or more chance to participate in it.

All politicians will have to change to be worthy of our people.

I hope the true public servants learn from this that they should not be afraid and they will get incredible grass-roots support if they call out corruption.

I am, in general, favourable to activism and social movements and hostile to graft and corruption.

Corruption is one of the high priorities of my agenda.

You don't succeed on corruption in five minutes. I wish one could.

We need elected officials who care more about policy than politics.

Korea has a long way to go before ending corruption. But Mayor Goh has certainly taken an important step toward it.

A tweet is fast. But everything about policy change is very slow. And a lot of us are impatient.

You are not born corrupt. We want to change that mind-set of the people.

Fifa urgently needs a fresh start and transparency is key. Moving its headquarters is the only way the association will attract new people, many of whom are likely to have long lost faith with Fifa's ability to govern.

I promise to deliver a corruption-free India... people have chosen our government to get rid of black money.

I will be happy with certainly when the corruption index improve.

The two greatest priorities for my government are tackling tax evasion and corruption.

I think President Karzai realizes exactly how important it is to strengthen the fight against corruption in the country now, step up endeavors to stop the drug trade and to deliver better governance. He said as much in his inaugural address.

We've seen over time that countries that have the best economic growth are those that have good governance, and good governance comes from freedom of communication. It comes from ending corruption. It comes from a populace that can go online and say, 'This politician is corrupt, this administrator, or this public official is corrupt.'